I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 213 The late emperor died unjustly

George doesn’t necessarily have to like Eastern culture.

The key point is that even if George wants to like Russian culture, he must have the culture to make George like it.

The Russian Empire, what could George like, beetroot soup?

Pushkin's poetry?

Or maybe it's the cane formation?

Don’t be ridiculous, apart from Pushkin’s poetry which still has some connection with culture, the rest is really gone.

But even Pushkin's poems, to George, were not as interesting as those of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties.

All the furniture in George's Guangmingding is made of wood, and metal is rarely used. There is absolutely no trace of the gold inlay technique that the Russian Grand Duke loved most in Guangmingding.

Milyutin, who had just arrived in Vladivostok, had a profound understanding of this.

When George was in St. Petersburg, whether it was due to the influence of the Tsar or his personal preferences, he was generally relatively restrained. His food, clothing, housing, and transportation were relatively simple without anything special.

Vladivostok is George's fiefdom, and George doesn't need any disguise. If you like it, you just like it, and if you don't like it, you don't like it.

So Milyutin was finally able to confirm that George's "simplicity" in St. Petersburg was really not to the tsar's liking.

This is also because Milyutin does not know what true luxury is.

George is really simple in St. Petersburg. He either eats at Oak Camp or at Gatchina Palace.

If you stay there, you will basically stay in Oak Camp, and you will rarely stay in the luxurious and flashy Yekaterin Palace.

Although George gave a car to each of the Tsar, Queen, and Nicholas, George himself did not use it and still rides a horse to this day.

The clothes are even simpler. George's royal dress is only worn on major festivals when he goes to Gatchina Palace to participate in celebrations. On weekdays, it is the uniform of a Guards officer all year round.

Moreover, it is either an officer's uniform or an ordinary officer's uniform. Even the fabric is exactly the same as that of other Guards officers.

Although George would not have to sew for another three years like the Czar, as a super duke with an annual income of tens of millions, it is already rare in St. Petersburg for George to be so simple in food, clothing, housing and transportation.

The Tsar's simplicity was almost unbelievable.

You are a tsar, but your underwear has patches, more than one.

No matter how you look at it, this is a bit of a show.

Otherwise, how could the outside world know that the Tsar had patches on his underwear?

George did not show off. He collected countless fine fabrics from the Qing Empire and hired skilled craftsmen to carefully make all kinds of brocade clothes. This attracted the attention of countless wealthy ladies in St. Petersburg. Even the princes favored him, but he did not make it for himself.

In Milyutin's view, Guangmingding also meets the definition of "simple".

But if he knew the true value of those huanghuali or golden nanmu, he would definitely not think so.

All Guangmingding furniture is made of huanghuali.

Even the floor is made of golden nanmu.

Although the carpets were handmade carpets from Persia, these bright red and green carpets obviously did not conform to George's aesthetics, as Milyugin could tell at a glance.

No need to ask, this must be the handiwork of Princess Yurievskaya.

"How is George doing in St. Petersburg?"

"Does the Tsar still like George?"

"Does George have a girl he likes in St. Petersburg?"

All of Princess Yurievskaya's problems were related to George.

The first two questions are easy to answer.

The third question, Milyugin really doesn’t know.

In the Russian Empire, George perfectly fit the criteria of a wealthy and idle king.

A member of the royal family, with an annual income of tens of millions, a powerful general in the military, and a good friend of the crown prince——

If you meet each of the above criteria, you will become the mate of a famous lady.

If everything is consistent, let alone the famous ladies, it means that George is too close to the tsar's daughters, otherwise the tsar and the queen will have to marry.

The most popular social activity for those aristocratic teenagers in the Russian Empire who have just come of age or who are still under age is the dance. They think that the dance is the best occasion to meet people of the same age. Even if you are not looking for a partner, it is not bad to find a confidante or a close friend. .

Ever since he offended Peter and Constantine, the aristocratic boy in St. Petersburg never invited George to the ball.

George would not be invited to the dance organized by George's brothers.

You little kid, you can’t play together.

George himself would not take the initiative to organize a dance.

When I was in the Oak Group, there were quite a lot of entertainment activities organized within the Oak Group.

But in the entertainment activities within the Oak Group, the participants were all members of the Guards, and there were no women at all.

Let women participate in a slapping contest——

It doesn’t seem impossible, it’s very enjoyable just thinking about it!

It's a pity that I can only think about it.

So let alone Milyugin, even Nikolai, who has the closest relationship with George, doesn't know if George has a girl he likes.

Stop talking about girls.

Around George, even the wealth is public.

George was so self-effacing that there were already rumors in St. Petersburg that the super duke Yurievsky was fond of men.

"How can this be done? George is old enough to get married—no, I want to write to the Tsar."

Ekaterina was probably in a hurry to have her grandson, and completely ignored George's age.

George, who was born in 1872, is only 16 years old even according to the calculation method of the Qing Empire.     There is no such thing as false years in Russia.

Although in the Russian Empire, it was normal to get married at the age of 16.

But for the grand dukes of St. Petersburg, getting married at 26 is considered an early marriage, and 36 is not too late.

It's so much fun to guard a large forest, so why cut one down and take it home?

"Why not ask George what he means first."

Milyutin disapproved of writing letters to the Tsar.

Nicholas is almost 20 years old and has not chosen a concubine yet. Why is George anxious?

Ekaterina is anxious.

Ekaterina's brothers and nephews worked hard to help George make money, and their business almost reached the moon.

Even if George doesn't get married, even if you have an illegitimate child with some wild woman, Ekaterina will be raised as a treasure.

If you don’t even have an heir, what’s the point of working so hard to earn money?

It is a joke to say that there is a family that wants to inherit the throne.

It's true in George's house.

After George owned the fiefdom, according to European calculations, George was now almost the same as those kings of principalities.

"Ah--"

Ekaterina huffed.

I asked last year, and George didn't answer at all.

Milyujing did not stay in Guangmingding for too long, so he still had to be careful.

Milyutin was a mature man. When he came to visit Ekaterina, he always took Mikhail with him and did not give others a chance to gossip.

Mikhail and Milyutin took the subway to Guangmingding, which was requested by Milyutin.

Now that I have experienced the subway, it will definitely be more comfortable to go back by car.

Mikhail enjoys himself so much that his car is actually a truck.

Although the interior decoration of the car that George gave to the Tsar and his family was extremely luxurious, the space was still a bit small.

There is definitely more space in a truck than in a car.

Mikhail has a stake in the Vladivostok Automobile Plant.

Even if he doesn't have any shares, as the uncle of the lord and as the mayor of Vladivostok, Mikhail's face in Vladivostok is good enough.

So after the truck came out, Mikhail customized the car——

This is no longer a car, according to George, this is an RV.

A car like a house.

Mikhail's RV is indeed very comfortable. The cabin is spacious, the floor is covered with leather, the leather belts on the chairs are yellow and black striped, the small coffee table is made of solid gold, and the crystal wine glasses are inlaid with diamonds.

Milyutin finally breathed a sigh of relief, finally having a normal person.

Otherwise, Milyutin would simply suspect that Vladivostok was not George's fiefdom, but a monastery.

It has to be the kind of monastery where ascetics stay.

Milyutin saw the car that George gave to the Tsarist family in St. Petersburg. To be honest, the car left a bad impression on Milyutin.

The technology of this era was still very primitive, and the noise of a car engine was about the same as that of a train.

The shock-absorbing technology is also not perfect. If the road is slightly bumpy, the car will have to slow down to ensure the comfort of passengers.

Mikhail's RV doesn't have these problems.

It can't be said that it doesn't exist, it's just that Milyujing can't feel it.

The engine is still the same engine, but as long as the sound insulation is done well, you can really not hear the noise of the engine while sitting in the car.

There is actually a way to absorb shock, just use more spring steel plates.

The artillery has been upgraded from rack-mounted guns to tube-type guns, and the tube-type technology can also be applied to RVs.

It’s really not George who is hiding it.

When George presented the car, Vladivostok had not yet controlled the withdrawal of technology.

Such a car must be worth much more than the car George gave to the Tsar's family.

But for the top nobles, what is the price?

People should not only be the best, but also the most expensive.

Otherwise, why do you work so hard to make money?

Since Milyutin came to Amur as governor, Mikhail did not need Milyutin to ask for such top-notch enjoyment, so he naturally had to prepare one for Milyutin.

Miliugin originally wanted to refuse. He wanted to work for the sake of the future and did not want to get too close to Mikhail.

But after feeling the comfort of the RV, Milyugin really couldn't say no.

"The compartment of this car is also specially made. It uses thickened steel plates with sandwich layers, which can protect against the impact of bullets. There is no need to worry about ordinary small bombs."

Mikhail's next words gave Miliugin a deeper understanding of Vladivostok.

"——Although the weight of the car increases a lot, which makes the speed not very fast, for us, safety is the most important. The engine factory is developing technology and improving the engine. Sooner or later we will have a more reliable and more powerful engine. engine, these problems will be solved one by one by then."

Milyutin did not forget how Yaer was assassinated.

If the carriage Ya'er was riding in was a RV like Mikhail's, would Ya'er still be killed by the assassin's bomb?

Thinking of Yaer, Milyujing's eyes couldn't help but moisten.

To others, Ya Er is just an assassinated tsar.

But for Milyutin, Yaer is his boss, friend and relative.

(End of this chapter)